Probe Dana Sangma’s death, family urges CBI
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Accusing the Haryana Police of a shoddy probe into the suicide of Meghalaya student Dana Sangma at Gurgaon’s Amity University last month, her family members have asked the high court to transfer the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. “We have filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana [...]
Shrinking space for dead in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD (IANS) “Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?” This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. In this booming metropolis, where thousands struggle for a place to live in, even death offers [...]
Attack on judges: Delhi lawyers observe strike
NEW Delhi (IANS) Protesting the attack on three judges by bike-borne men in yet another incident of road rage in the capital, lawyers in all the six district courts of Delhi Friday observed a one-day strike, paralysing legal work, a lawyers’ body said. “We condemn the attack on three judicial officers of Saket court complex,” [...]
Anti-Posco leader released on bail in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR (IANS) A former Odisha legislator who was arrested in connection with clashes near the Posco steel plant site in Jagatsinghpur district last year was released on bail Friday, an official said. N. Narayan Reddy, a Communist Party of India leader who represented Chhatrapur assembly constituency from 2004 to 2009, was arrested Dec 24 for [...]
Mamata rule disappoints many women (One year of Mamata Banerjee)
KOLKATA (IANS) Many women saw themselves in her. Trinamool Congress firebrand Mamata Banerjee, always clad in a simple cotton sari and slippers, gave rise to huge hopes when she took charge of West Bengal a year ago. But incidents of crime against women increasingly highlighted by the media in the past one year of her [...]
Congress asks Akhilesh to act against BSP leaders
LUCKNOW (IANS) Calling for stringent action against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders found involved in graft, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Friday told the Samajwadi Party government that merely digging out corruption cases will not help. Admitting that the Akhilesh government was doing service by bringing out scams that took place during the previous BSP government, [...]
Spiritual group plants 35 lakh trees
HARIDWAR (IANS) A spiritual group based here has launched a massive green drive in the country and has already planted 35 lakh trees and saplings, a spokesperson said Friday. The Gayatri Parivar has also created groups of “green friends” and specifically tasked them with the responsibility of looking after the new plantations. The drive that [...]
Mamata asks MCA to reconsider ban on SRK
KOLKATA (IANS) Standing by Shah Rukh Khan, Friday appealed to the Mumbai Cricket Association to reconsider its five-year ban on the Bollywood actor from entering Wankhede Stadium for alleged misbehaviour. “I appeal (to MCA); please reconsider the decision,” Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat. Khan, the co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata [...]